S t r a t t o n O p e n e r s

Biology 2014

Class 1 • 9/3/14

Agenda

• Introductions

• Expectations

• Nature of Science

Targets

• Getting to know members

of class

• Understand basic

classroom procedures

• Review/learn

• Nature of Science

• Inferences

• Facts

• Hypothesis

• Open-ended questions

Today’s Bio News

• Why pygmies are short • Pygmy traits independently evolved many times among different peoples around the world, because shorter heights may have helped them live in rainforests, researchers say.

• The small body sizes known as pygmy traits are seen worldwide, limited to peoples who traditionally hunted and gathered food in tropical rainforests, such as in Central Africa and Southeast Asia. These small statures apparently developed independently in these populations, an example of convergent evolution, much as fish and dolphins both evolved streamlined bodies to better swim in their watery

1. Name and nickname

2. Favorite subject

3. Previous school (& location if not local)

4. Number of family members you live with

5. Favorite type of music

6. Favorite singer/band

7. Favorite reading material (book, magazine)

8. Favorite TV program

9. Something about yourself others don’t know

10. What makes you unique

On a sheet of

paper answer

the following

questions

Tell Me about

You

A.Type of your

computer

operating

system

B.Whether you

have Internet

connection at

home.

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 5, 20140

2

On a piece of paper writer your name & period in upper right-hand corner. Then answer the following questions.

1. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations?

2. Using Photo A give an example of…

a. qualitative observation.b. quantitative observation.

3. Using Photo B give an example of…

a. a factb. an opinion

Answer the following questions

Photo A

Agenda Targets

Class 2 • 9/5/14

Nature of Science• Making Scientific

Observations

• Review• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• New• Observation

• Fact

• Opinion

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Close-ended Questions

• Open-ended Questions

• Getting to know members

of class

• Understand basic

classroom procedures

• Review/learn

• Nature of Science

• Inferences

• Facts

• Hypothesis

• Open-ended questions

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 9, 20140

3

On a piece of paper writer your name & period in upper right-hand corner. Then answer the following questions.

1. Using Photo A give an

example of…

a. qualitative observation.

b. quantitative observation.

2. Explain the difference

between close-ended and

open-ended questions.

3. Using Photo A write…

a. a closed-ended question.

b. an open-ended question.

Answer the following questions

Photo A

Biologists delay the aging process

by 'remote control'

Date: September 8, 2014

Source: University of California – LA

Summary:

Biologists have identified a gene that

can slow the aging process when

activated remotely in key organ

systems. The life scientists, working

with fruit flies, activated a gene called

AMPK that is a key energy sensor in

cells. Increasing AMPK in the intestine

increased the fly's life by about 30

percent, and the fly stayed healthier

longer as well. The research could have

important implications for delaying

aging and disease in humans.

Biology News Fact of Day

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201

4/09/140908152928.htm

Agenda Targets

Class 3 • 9/9/14

Nature of Science

• Making Scientific Observations

• Review• Observation, Fact, Opinion,

Inference, Hypothesis

• Close-ended Questions

• Open-ended Questions

• Measuring• Length• Volume; dry & liquid• Area• Weight

• Getting to know members

of class

• Understand basic

classroom procedures

• Review/learn

• Nature of Science

• Inferences

• Facts

• Hypothesis

• Open-ended questions

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 11, 20140

4

Agenda Targets

Class 3 • 9/11/14

• School Emergency

Preparedness

• Nature of Science

• Pre-test, Graphing

• Getting to know members

of class

• Understand basic

classroom procedures

• Review/learn

• Nature of Science

• Inferences

• Facts

• Hypothesis

• Open-ended questions

General Emergency Procedures Rm. 303

• Class assembly point

• Main Parking Lot Space 41 & 42

• The expectation is students will

remain with the class until we can

reunite them with family.

• Students may need to leave items

behind so that they can evacuate

safely.

General Emergency Procedures Rm. 303

Lock out Lock down

The response to a

threat that is off

campus and in the

surrounding area

Our response to a

threat on campus

Students should stand out of sight of

windows.

The reason is that if a threat enters your room, you

and your students have options to respond. This

is the only difference between how we want you to

respond and the training slides provided.

Emergency Procedures • Period 1

• SRP slide show cover the sections on

Evacuation and Shelter in place portions

of the slide show (start at slide 24 thru

36)

• Class assembly point Main Parking Lot

space 41.

• The expectation is students will remain

with the class until we can reunite them

with family.

• Students may need to leave items behind

so that they can evacuate safely.

Emergency Procedures • Period 2

• Student handbooks and materials for

the district wide “Due Process

Presentation.”

• How to find handbook online.• http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/site/Default.aspx?PageType=1&SiteID=322&

ChannelID=362&DirectoryType=6

Emergency Procedures • Period 2

SRP slide show lockout and lockdown procedures — slides 5

- 23

• Other items to mention:

• Lesson from Reynolds High School last spring, Law

Enforcement asks that students do not capture video

during an active shooter response. Video of Law

Enforcement response actions can potentially place

officers at risk as social posts of video are nearly “in

real time.”

• Follow all instructions as these are tense times. No

sudden movements and you maybe instructed to

hold hands as you exit the building. This is done for

your and officer safety.

• Lockouts are a precaution - it is expected that class

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 15, 20140

5

Agenda Targets

Class 3 • 9/11/14

• Nature of Science

• Pre-test, Graphing

• Getting to know members

of class

• Understand basic

classroom procedures

• Measure your partner

• Record height on chart

• Create a graph of the

class height

Opener

Write the following on top right corner

A. Name

B. Period

C. Date

1 What is a fact?

2 What is a hypothesis?

3 Name three types of graphs.

Pretest; Storytelling

Graphing

• Graphs communicate information about data.

• Graphs tell a story.

• An effective graph will quickly show… • an experiment

outcome

• an interesting trend

• Your challenge is to make 2–3 graphs communicating something about a group of numbers.

The Initial Task

• Determine your height

in centimeters (cm).

• You might want to

work with a partner for

this.

The Initial Task

• Find your name and record height on

sheet for the class to view.

• Make a data table to record the height

of every student in the class.

¥our Name

Here

Datum

1

Datum

2

Datum

3Avg.

The Challenge

• Make 2 or 3 graphs “telling a story” about the

data.

• The graphs can be of any type that you

choose.

• They can be organized in any way.

• There is not one “right” way to do this.

• There are many possible ways to graph the

same data.

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 17, 20140

6

Agenda Targets

Class 6 • 9/17/14

• Nature of Science

• Video: Ott Planetariumhttp://www.nclack.k12.or.us/Page/23820

• Answer questions & take notes to turn in

• Characteristics of Life• Video: Introduction to the

Characteristics of Lifehttp://www.nclack.k12.or.us/Page/23890

• Watch video

• Video: The Characteristics of Life

• Take notes listing the characteristics

• Continue to learn about

nature of science

• Listen, take notes and

answer questions on

video.Despite what the video states

fire and clouds

do NOT reproduce, they

spread. Water can’t move on

its own. Ice and rock do not

"react" to their surroundings.

They become reactants in

physical or chemical processes

without any regard for

homeostasis.

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 19, 20140

7

Agenda Targets

Class 7 • 9/19/14

• Lecture:

• Biology: The science of

studying living

organisms (What is

Life?)

• Homework

• View and read the last

section of PowerPoint

on Sammy.

• Be ready to discuss

whether Sammy is

alive next class.

• Listen to lecture while filling in guided notes on what biologists consider living.

• Learn the 7 things biology examines.

• Learn the 5 unifying principles forming the foundation of modern biology.

• Learn the 7 characteristics biologists accept as all or mostly exhibited by living organisms.

• Be able to explain how DNA is the hereditary moleculefound in all living organisms.

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 23, 20140

8

Opener • 9/23

• Take out paper. Write name, date

and period.

• Answer the following questions:

1. What does the term biology

mean to you?

2. How do you tell if something is

living or when something is

alive?

3. From the PowerPoint last

class: explain whether

Sammy is alive?

4. What does hierarchical mean?

5. What is a scientific name?

Biology in the News

• Over 2,800 rallies were held in 166 countries Sunday in a worldwide call for action to confront climate change, just days ahead of a U.N. summit expected to chart a path forward for global climate treaty negotiations in Paris in December 2015.

• With an estimated 125,000-311,000* people gathering in New York City for a two-mile march through midtown and satellite events drawing 40,000 in London, 30,000 in Melbourne, 4,000 in Berlin, and thousands more elsewhere, the "People's Climate March" easily lived up to its billing as "the largest climate change protest in global history.”

• Thousands flooded downtown Portland Sunday afternoon to support the People's Climate March in New York City, which was taking place at the same time.

•http://peoplesclimate.org/

Agenda Targets

Class 8 • 9/23/14

Lecture:

• “How Life is Organized”

Homework:

• Study for quiz (15 pts.) on• Observations• Measurement• Characteristics of Living

Organisms• Levels of organization• Three domains• Six kingdoms• Scientific Names

• Listen to lecture while filling in guided notes on “How Life is Organized.”

• Understand the following terms: hierarchical,

• Be able to remember how life is organized into 9 levels of hierarchy.

• Know the 3 domains & 6 kingdoms.

• Understand how scientific names fit into the levels of organization.

Meet in Room 300 next class

Class

38N a t u r e o f S c i e n c e

Sept. 25, 20140

9

Agenda Targets

Class 9 • 9/25/14

• In Room 300

• Quiz

• Lecture• Ecology Introducation

• Take quiz using

http://socrative.com/

• Listen to lecture while

filling in guided notes on

what ecology.

• Listen to basic

introduction about

ecology